Studio—End of Day

Artist John Koch (1909 - 1978)

Depicted John Koch (1909 - 1978)

Date1961

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions60 x 60 in. (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
Framed: 65 × 65 × 2 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2005.20

Signedl.l., in red paint: Koch

Accession number 2005.20

On View

Not on view

Collections

Artist Self-Portraits

ProvenanceJohn M. Stratton [1893-1979]; to Estate of John M. Stratton, 1979; by descent to Private Collection, Greenwich, CT; to (Christie's Inc., New York, NY), 2005; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2005
Label TextNotice the way light moves and defines the space in this painting. John Koch illuminates the canvas through a laborious process of stacking multiple layers of paint, creating extremely fine detail. Koch’s dog looks out the window at left, and a warm glow beckons from an open doorway on the far right, alluding to a place beyond the canvas. Living in an art world dominated by Abstract Expressionism, Koch embraced realism as his preferred style.